Operation Hurricane (1944)

Operation Hurricane (1944)
Operation Hurricane
Part of Strategic bombing during World War II
Lancaster I NG128 Dropping Load - Duisburg - Oct 14 - 1944 new.jpg
Blockbuster bomb (left) and incendiary bombs (right) dropped from an Avro Lancaster over Duisburg, 15 October 1944.
Date October 14-15, 1944
Location Brunswick (Braunschweig), Cologne, Duisburg
Result Duisburg: "Very serious property damage. A large number of people buried."[1]
Belligerents
 United Kingdom
 United States
 Nazi Germany
Strength
USAAF marshaling yards[2]
(1040 bombers · 491 fighters)
2,589 RAF sorties involving
1,013 RAF aircraft (Duisburg daytime raid)
1,005 RAF bombers (Duisburg nighttime raid)
240 RAF bombers (Brunswick (Braunschweig))
323 aircraft (other operations)
10,050 tonnes bombs dropped[3]
Casualties and losses
5 bombers · 1 fighter (USAAF marshaling yards)
14 aircraft (Duisburg daytime raid)
7 RAF aircraft (Duisburg nighttime raid)
Brunswick (Braunschweig) uncertain

Operation Hurricane was a 24 hour bombing operation to "demonstrate to the enemy in Germany generally the overwhelming superiority of the Allied Air Forces in this theatre" (in the directive to Harris ACO RAF Bomber Command)[4] and "cause mass panic and disorginazation [sic] in the Ruhr, disrupt frontline communications and demonstrate the futility of resistance" (in the words of the Official RAF History).[4]

During the day of 14 October 1944, 957 RAF Bomber Command aircraft dropped 3,574 tonnes of high explosive and 820 tonnes of incendiaries on Duisburg.[1] Also during the day, USAAF VIII Bomber Command Mission 677 made PFF attacks on Cologne marshaling yards at Gereon, Gremberg, and Eifelter; as well as Euskirchen.[2] A second raid on Duisburg during the night of 14/15 October in two waves about two hours apart dropped a further 4,040 tonnes of high explosive and 500 tonnes of incendiaries. In some cases RAF crews flew both the daylight and night-time raids; a total of nearly 11 hours flying time in 24 hours. During the same night the RAF also bombed Brunswick (German: Braunschweig).

Notes

  1. ^ a b Campaign Diary October 1944.
  2. ^ a b McKillop October 1944
  3. ^ "Total tonnage of bombs dropped in 24 hours: approximately 10,050 tons", a total never "exceeded in the war" (Campaign Diary October 1944).
  4. ^ a b Bishop p. 334.

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